When my characters are questioning things, it's not me leading up to an answer; it's me asking those same questions and letting… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
Because love, love is never finished. It circles and circles, the memories out of order and not always complete. — Sara Zarr Circles Copy Share Image
That's how life feels to me. Everyone is doing it; everyone knows how. To live and be who they are and find… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“Okay, then, what was he like? Just give me something to go on so that I have a shot at him!' 'A… — Sara Zarr Flirtation Copy Share Image
“We're going to trick-or-treat," she said. "I don't care how old we are. We are going to exploit the free candy situation… — Sara Zarr Candy Copy Share Image
Don't ask me how I am,' I blurt. 'Please.' I want to keep feeling good. Just because the lights are on doesn't… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I see the future and it's like I'm a blank. I mean I know what I'll look like, that I'll exist.… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
I'm so focused on trying to craft the story that I'm in my own little world with it and that process. The… — Sara Zarr Books Copy Share Image
“When do you think you're leaving?" I asked. "I don't know. Probably soon. Got what I came here for." "Even though we… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
we had each other. I never needed anyone else. That’s the difference between you and me. You need all these people around… — Sara Zarr Between you and me Copy Share Image
“And part of being American is respecting all people's right to be whatever they want to be and at the same time… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
I'm remembering how this works. How life doesn't have to be only anxiety about what's gone wrong or could go worng, and… — Sara Zarr Anxiety Copy Share Image
“At least you know what you want. I don't know what I want." Then he was quiet for a long time. We… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
When a young reader tells you that they'd never finished a book outside of school until they read yours, or that they… — Sara Zarr Book Copy Share Image
“I won't drink at the party," he said quickly. "If you don't want me to, I won't. I swear it right now.… — Sara Zarr Chivalrous Copy Share Image
I do have a little bit more confidence in - or at least familiarity with - my process. For example, when it… — Sara Zarr Confidence Copy Share Image
“He crouched down next to me. I put my hand on the hem of his jeans. It was the first time I'd… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“There was a present on the front seat of Ethan's car, a Gap box tied with a white ribbon. "Happy birthday, Jenna,"… — Sara Zarr Daily life Copy Share Image
“Alan, as per his usual routine, got up early and peeked into my rom to check on me. What he found were… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“We don't have to do this," I said. His jaw set in a way that reminded me of how he'd look some… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“Ethan didn't know anything about the fat girl, the Cootie Twin, the loner and reject. The only person who had ever picked… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“Where do you think you're going? I turn to see him, Cameron's dad. He is tall, a lot taller than my mom… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“Does all this have anything to do with Cameron coming back?" "Basically." She didn't put any letters down. Our game had effectively… — Sara Zarr Brother and sister Copy Share Image
“How did you find me?" "I've followed you for a long time." He must have mistaken the look on my face for… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
That's how you know you really trust someone, I think; when you don't have to talk all the time to make sure… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
Ethan couldn’t possibly understand it, what Cameron and I meant to each other and how different it was from anything like a… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
I wanted to be free to write the way I wanted to write, and my impression of Christian publishing, at least in… — Sara Zarr Christian Copy Share Image
Sometimes rescue comes to you. It just shows up, and you do nothing. Maybe you deserve it, maybe you don't. But be… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“And I’ll dream about living there one day myself, about boats and bicycles and water, and a dog running next to me… — Sara Zarr Dream Copy Share Image
“ Happy Birthday, Jennifer. And a pencil-line drawing of a house. And under a piece of Scotch tape a ring, just a… — Sara Zarr Birthday Copy Share Image
I'm always in a place that is sincere but conflicted about different things that come with being a Christian and being an… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
The characters are whole, real people to me that I'm getting to know, and since real people are all flawed, so are… — Sara Zarr Character Copy Share Image
My parents met in music school and my father was a music professor and conductor. Growing up, we always had classical and… — Sara Zarr Conductor Copy Share Image
I don’t want these memories to become slippery, to just disappear into the thin air of life the way most things seem… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
I know I shouldn't say this—I know it as surely as I know the earth is round and beats are evil—and yet… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
I tried his cell over and over but he never answered. Then I’d call just to hear his voice on the outgoing… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
I'm still going to love you, always. And in the rock-paper-scissors of life, love is rock. fear, anger, everthing else...no contest. — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“The doorbell rang during dinner. Alan got up to answer, saying, "If it's the missionaries I might let them in. I'm too… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
It makes me think of Lazarus. He must have had those shadows after his miracle. You don't spend time in the tomb… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
Is it good, bad, or neutral to recognize thematic patterns in your own work? When it comes to recurring themes, I'm of… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
